12 hours

That's how long it took for anbody to tell McClellan about Cheney pluggin' a guy? Could it be, they were watching the vital signs and trying to figure out which gunsel should take the fall? This is the story that keeps on giving. And, as Amy Sullivan wrote, these guys sure do make you feel safe, don't they?

And I know this isn't a "stained" blue dress from the Gap, but isn't buckshot in the face -- with the Secret Service telling the local deputy sheriff to back off -- worthy of an investigation?

Sure. Sometimes a hunting accident is just a hunting accident. But then again, it gives one pause: Did the Cheney administration have Iran in their sights all along, but Iraq "got in the way" and got blasted instead?

Meanwhile, at the Corner, the thing the whale spit out sees an opportunity.

UPDATED to add a link.